republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-3.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Gold, silver, and platinum bullion, etc.; extends sunset date for the sales tax exemption.	Sales tax exemption; gold, silver, and platinum bullion. Extends the sunset date for the sales tax exemption for gold, silver, and platinum bullion and legal tender coins whose sales price exceeds $1,000 to June 30, 2027. Under current law, the exemption will expire on June 30, 2022.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 3	Virginia HB 3 (2022)	bill		enacted	R. Lee Ware	4	30	6	2021-11-29	2022-03-02	openstates	ocd-bill/044d1d8a-7354-4354-8d61-9416c1ed454f	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB3	90c3fb28d9b9d8437b7d7611d43cf633d2c8d6a7c39d1f2cb05f6fc83bedda17	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 3 (2022) — Gold, silver, and platinum bullion, etc.; extends sunset date for the sales tax exemption.

Sales tax exemption; gold, silver, and platinum bullion. Extends the sunset date for the sales tax exemption for gold, silver, and platinum bullion and legal tender coins whose sales price exceeds $1,000 to June 30, 2027. Under current law, the exemption will expire on June 30, 2022.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. CHAP0012 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB3ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100636D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 22100636D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Adoption (84-Y 14-N) — 83–14 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (87-Y 12-N) — 86–12 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance with amendment(s) (19-Y 2-N) — 19–2 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• R. Lee Ware — primary (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2021-11-29 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100636D introduction
• 2021-11-29 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2022-01-18 Impact statement from TAX (HB3)
• 2022-01-19 Reported from Finance with amendment(s) (19-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2022-01-21 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-01-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-01-24 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2022-01-24 Engrossed by House as amended HB3E
• 2022-01-24 Printed as engrossed 22100636D-E
• 2022-01-25 Read third time and passed House (87-Y 12-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-01-25 VOTE: Passage (87-Y 12-N)
• 2022-01-26 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-01-26 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-02-14 Impact statement from TAX (HB3E)
• 2022-02-15 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-15 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-02-17 Reading of amendment waived
• 2022-02-17 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2022-02-17 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2022-02-17 Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-02-21 Senate amendment agreed to by House (84-Y 14-N)
• 2022-02-21 VOTE: Adoption (84-Y 14-N)
• 2022-02-22 Enrolled
• 2022-02-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-02-22 Signed by President
• 2022-02-24 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on FEbruary 24, 2022
• 2022-02-25 Impact statement from TAX (HB3ER)
• 2022-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 12 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/044d1d8a-7354-4354-8d61-9416c1ed454f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).